The death toll from fighting between farmers and herders in Nigeria's north-central state of Plateau has risen beyond 100, with locals searching in the bush for more bodies, residents and local authorities said on Friday.
Gunmen stormed villages and burned several houses in the Mangu local government area on Tuesday, with at least 20 people initially estimated to have died, mostly women and children.
The violence was in reprisal for farmers killing a herder and his cattle who encroached on their land last month, according to a local Fulani herder Bello Yahaya.
